diff --git a/src/include/ngspice/evtproto.h b/src/include/ngspice/evtproto.h
index 1ec0e3228..bca29dd47 100644
--- a/src/include/ngspice/evtproto.h
+++ b/src/include/ngspice/evtproto.h
@@ -162,4 +162,5 @@ int Evt_Parse_Node(const char *node, struct node_parse *result);
 
 void Evt_purge_free_outputs(void);
 
+void EVTdiscard(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 01702c1f2..67ada5d8e 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1563,6 +1563,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                are ignored, except .save, which has been handled by ft_dotsaves()
                from within inp_spsource (), data are put into linked list dbs.
             */
+#ifdef XSPICE
+            // Do not save any XSPICE node data, as there is no way to use it.
+
+            EVTdiscard();
+#endif
             int error2 = ft_dorun(ft_rawfile);
             /* Execute the .whatever lines found in the deck, after we are done running. */
             if (ft_cktcoms(TRUE) || error2) {
diff --git a/src/xspice/evt/evtprint.c b/src/xspice/evt/evtprint.c
index 3e20f3d93..3e8b909f5 100644
--- a/src/xspice/evt/evtprint.c
+++ b/src/xspice/evt/evtprint.c
@@ -963,6 +963,8 @@ static void set_all(CKTcircuit *ckt, Mif_Boolean_t val)
         node_table[i]->save = val;
 }
 
+void EVTdiscard(void) {set_all(g_mif_info.ckt, MIF_FALSE);}
+
 void
 EVTsave(wordlist *wl)
 {